Interim Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect - 6 month contract

Location: London (GB)
Type: Fixed Term Contract
Work Arrangement: Hybrid

This is an initial 6 month contract with potential to extend depending on business need.

What you'll do

• Be responsible for strategic and architectural technical decisions with a particular focus on Financial Operational Systems (Finance, Supply Chain Procurements and Sales)
• Define and evaluate architecture options for finance systems and integrations, and present recommendations to senior stakeholders
• Support the definition of a cohesive and consistent data model that can serve as the bedrock of all our financial systems whilst maintaining a global view of the impact on other tech systems
• Assess existing systems & propose solutions to evolve finance technology to keep up with a rapidly growing scale up business
• Collaborate with internal & external development teams during the solution design phase to ensure that any technical solution is fit for purpose
• Collaborate closely with our TechOps and Security teams to ensure that the solution we choose fits within the organization, is scalable, supportable and secure

What you'll need

• Proven experience designing finance technology and integration architectures in fast-growing, agile organisations
• Strong experience with complex systems integration projects
• Experience delivering system migrations or transformations while maintaining business continuity
• Strong understanding of integration technologies and application architectures
• Understanding of modern integration patterns, REST APIs, modern application and data architecture
• Understanding at a protocol level of Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity provisioning technologies such as OAuth, OIDC, SAML and SCIM
• Ability to produce high-quality technical documentation and present complex integration concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills